What the papers say – March 9

Donald Trump’s trade tariffs, medical magic and the latest on the poisoning of a former spy and his daughter in Wiltshire appear on the front of Friday’s papers.

The Times leads on comments made by Kirill Kleymenov – a presenter on Russian state television – who discussed “industrial quantities” of deaths among traitors who flee to London, adding there had been a series of “strange incidents with a harsh outcome” in what the paper calls a “stark message”.

The Daily Telegraph carries a picture of Detective Sergeant Nick Bailey, who was left in a serious condition after coming to the aid of Sergei and Yulia Skripal, alongside a story suggesting half the adult population should be put on blood pressure tablets.

The i suggests Mr Skripal may have been “freelancing” for private intelligence firms before the assassination attempt, with investigators seeking to discover if he had any involvement in the so-called Trump dossier.

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